List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2009: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." [1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Abani | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Mariana Achugar | Social Sciences | Education |
| Chris Adrian | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Guillermo Luis Albanesi | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Harry Altahír Almela Sánchez | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Angela Alonso | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Amanda Anderson | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Michael Ashkin | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jabari Asim | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Juan Manuel Aurrecoechea Hernández | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Máximo Bañados | Natural Sciences | Physical Sciences |
| Ramin Bahrani | Creative Arts | Film |
| Robert Beachy | Humanities | German & East European History |
| Fernando Benadon | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Dike Blair | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Paul Bloodgood | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Sally Blower | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Eliot Borenstein | Humanities | Slavic Literature |
| Jeff Bortz | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Thomas L. Bradshaw | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Thomas Brothers | Humanities | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Kate Brown | Humanities | Russian History |
| Tom Burckhardt | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Thomas J. Campanella | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| John Campbell | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Suzanne Carbonneau | Humanities | Dance Studies |
| Vincent Carretta | Humanities | American Literature |
| Omar Carrum Semoloni | Creative Arts | Dance |
| Verónica Cereceda Bianchi | Social Sciences | Anthropology |
| Kanchan Chandra | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Yu-Hui Chang | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Constance J. Chang-Hasnain | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Billy Childs | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Nancy Chunn | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Margaret Cogswell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ryan Cohan | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Paul Collins | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Janet M. Conrad | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Richard M. Cook | Humanities | American Literature |
| Thomas Joshua Cooper | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Livia Corona | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Miguel Coyula | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Stacey D'Erasmo | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Veena Das | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Sebastian Diaz Morales | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Fernanda G. De Felice | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Paul Desenne | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Evgeny A. Dobrenko | Humanities | Slavic Literature |
| Frances E. Dolan | Humanities | English Literature |
| Martin Doyle | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Patrick Doyle | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| R. Lawrence Edwards | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Danae Elon | Creative Arts | Film |
| Caryl Emerson | Humanities | Slavic Literature |
| Carl W. Ernst | Humanities | Translation |
| Jianqing Fan | Natural Sciences | Statistics |
| Walter M. Farina | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Denis Feeney | Humanities | Classics |
| Ellen Feldman | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Jennifer Fewell | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Francesca Fiorani | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Susan T. Fiske | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Frances FitzGerald | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Athanassios Fokas | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Pierre Force | Humanities | French Literature |
| Gabriela Lena Frank | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Peter Galison | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
| Joshua Gamson | Humanities | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Erin Gee | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Kathryn Linn Geurts | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| John A. Glusman | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Howard Goldblatt | Humanities | Translation |
| George D. Gollin | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Risa L. Goluboff | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Flávio dos Santos Gomes | Humanities | History |
| Michael Gordon | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Annette Gordon-Reed | Humanities | United States History |
| Amy S. Greenberg | Humanities | United States History |
| Laura H. Greene | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Susan Griffin | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jennifer M. Groh | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Steven S. Gubser | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Mario Eduardo Guido | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Richard Halpern | Humanities | English Literature |
| Karen Halttunen | Humanities | United States History |
| Saskia Hamilton | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alice C. Harris | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Joseph Harrison | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jordan Harrison | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| John Haskell | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Terrance Hayes | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Lyn Hejinian | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Heather Hendershot | Humanities | Film, Video, & Radio Studies |
| Robin Marantz Henig | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Lynn Hershman Leeson | Creative Arts | Film |
| Benjamin Carter Hett | Humanities | German & East European History |
| Henry Hills | Creative Arts | Film |
| Rodolfo Hinostroza | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Evelyne Huber | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Alberto A. Iglesias | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Sanford M. Jacoby | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Ken Kalfus | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Laura Kasischke | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Sam Kauffmann | Creative Arts | Film |
| John N. King | Humanities | Bibliography |
| Marshall N. Klimasewiski | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Marcelo Knobel | Natural Sciences | Physical Sciences |
| Artyom Kopp | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Heidi Kumao | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Paul Laffoley | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Barbara Landau | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Richard Lange | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Jaime R. Lara | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Deborah Lawrence | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Thomas Lawson | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Zachary Lazar | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Zachary Leader | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Edson Roberto Leite | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Ralph Lemon | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Noel Lenski | Humanities | Classics |
| Theodore J. Lewis | Humanities | Religion |
| Lei Liang | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Paul Etienne Lincoln | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Julia Loktev | Creative Arts | Film |
| Medrie MacPhee | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lenore Malen | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Joanna Malinowska | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Charles R. Marsh | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Roderick A. McDonald | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Margaret McFall-Ngai | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Jeff McMahan | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Diane McWhorter | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Julia Meltzer | Creative Arts | Film |
| Sarah Michelson | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Susan Middleton | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| L. Scott Mills | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Robert A. Moffitt | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Udayan Mohanty | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Ingrid Monson | Humanities | African Studies |
| Tamar Muskal | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Osamu James Nakagawa | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Priyamvada Natarajan | Natural Sciences | Astronomy - Astrophysics |
| Fae Myenne Ng | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Mae M. Ngai | Humanities | United States History |
| Tara Nummedal | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
| Suzanne Opton | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Eve Ostriker | Natural Sciences | Astronomy - Astrophysics |
| Chuck Owen | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Elías José Palti | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Arturo Pérez Torres | Creative Arts | Film |
| Rolando Peña | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Leslie P. Peirce | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Carlos Enrique Peruzzotti | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Carla Gardina Pestana | Humanities | British History |
| Andrew X. Pham | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia | Humanities | Literary Studies |
| W. G. Raad | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Maria Clemencia Ramírez | Social Sciences | Anthropology |
| Angela Cecilia Ramírez Sanz | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Barbara Ras | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alexander Rehding | Humanities | Music Research |
| Kelly Reichardt | Creative Arts | Film |
| Wadda C. Rios-Font | Humanities | Latin American Literature |
| Lisa Rodensky | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Adriana Rodríguez-Pérsico | Humanities | Literary Studies |
| Tamar Rogoff | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Victoria Sanford | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Renato de Lima Santos | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Mayra Santos-Febres | Humanities | Fiction |
| Wilhelm Schlag | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Jonathan H. Shannon | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Anna Shteynshleyger | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Mark P. Simmons | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| George Singleton | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Joseph R. Slaughter | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Wadada Leo Smith | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Robert Courtney Smith | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Stephanie Snider | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jacob Soll | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Federico Solmi | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Lisa Russ Spaar | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jered Sprecher | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Cheryle St. Onge | Creative Arts | Photography |
| John D. Stephens | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Jessica Eve Stern | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Georg F. Striedter | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Daniel Z. Sui | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Jeannie Suk | Social Sciences | Law |
| Larissa Szporluk | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Demetri Terzopoulos | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| David Thorne | Creative Arts | Film |
| Daniel Tobin | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Shirley Tse | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Nick Turse | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Brian Ulrich | Creative Arts | Photography |
| María de la Luz Urriola González | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alejandro José Vila | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| David J. Wallace | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Anne Washburn | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Susan Cotts Watkins | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Anna Weesner | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jeff Wheelwright | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Deborah Gray White | Humanities | United States History |
| Faith Wilding | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Pamela Helena Wilson | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Byron Wolfe | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Linda Wordeman | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Alexi Worth | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Yasuko Yokoshi | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Muhammad Qasim Zaman | Humanities | Religion |
| Oscar Adolfo Zanetti Lecuona | Humanities | History |
| Shou-Wu Zhang | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Jawole Willa Jo Zollar | Creative Arts | Choreography |
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is a private foundation formed in 1925 by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922. The organization awards Guggenheim Fellowships to professionals who have demonstrated exceptional ability by publishing a significant body of work in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts, excluding the performing arts.
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated distinguished accomplishment in the past and potential for future achievement. The recipients exhibit outstanding aptitude for prolific scholarship or exceptional talent in the arts.